An Economist's Miscellany
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP India
- Date of Publication 12 May 2011
- ISBN 9780198072508
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 220x145x23 mm
- Weight 410 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This eclectic collection of popular writings - short essays, two translated Bengali short stories, and a play - presents reflections on the world of academe, politics, and policy by a distinguished economist-cum-policymaker.
MoreLong description:
This miscellany of popular writings deals with the world of academe, politics, and policy, especially the world of economics.
The volume begins with the two 'closing' columns that the author wrote before joining the Indian government's Ministry of Finance as an adviser. They describe his excitement and trepidation on moving from academics to the world of policy and politics. The other essays cover a wide range of topics-from recession and the global financial crises to foreign policy, art and commerce, and philosophical reflections on finance and economics. In addition, there is a piece of travel writing; an essay on
persons, ideas, and books that have influenced the author; and a diary entry on his mother turning 90.
Two short stories by Shibram Chakravarty-considered classics in mid-twentieth century Bengali literature-translated by the author for the first time feature in this volume. The stories are hilarious and yet have scathing social content, and one of them is explicitly to do with economics. The collection also includes 'Crossings at Benaras Junction'-a light-hearted, facetious play with an academic setting and a lot of contemporary philosophy built into the conversation. Finally, the book provides
a description of two popular games that were created by the author as a diversion from everyday work-Duidoku and Ultimate Duidoku.
Table of Contents:
Prologue
Part I: Introductions
Entering North Block;
Ambiguity, Equivocation and Economics;
Part II: Academic Transgressions
Policy: Foreign and Domestic;
On the Road;
Persons and Ideas;
Culture and Economics;
Conundrums of Finance and Economics;
Medley;
Are We Becoming Over-Cautious? ;
Part III: Literary Translations
Rnam Krttva-By Debt if Need Be;
Debotar Janmya-The Birth of a New God;
Part IV: Dramatic Incursions
Crossings at Benares Junction-A Play in Three or Four Acts;
Part V: End of Alliterations
Duidoko and Ultimate Duidoko
